The meanings "brightness" and "intelligence" are separate for this name. They use different kanji and the different kanji have different meanings for this name. It can also mean "pleasant/cheerful" or "glitter/glisten" or "morning sun" or "chapter of a book" or "shine/throw light".

Well, I am a girl and my name is Kili-Akira. Akira isn't really my first name, but it is because it's a part of it. I really like my name. Lots of people think that Akira is only a girls name, but it's not. I know a few people named Akira and they are all boys. But people only say that the name is cute when they hear it in my name. But no one can ever pronounce it right. It is KEY-lee a-KEY-ra. That's why everybody calls me Kailey.

The Gransazers (a fictional force entrusted with the powers of Flame, Wind, Earth and Water to guard planet Earth from alien attackers) are probably only well-known in Japan, but here goes anyway: one of the Sazers is called Akira. Being born under the sign of Gemini, he is entrusted with Wind powers (Gemini is an Air Sign).

In the Japanese culture, a name that ends with an "A" is masculine and names ending with an "O" is feminine.

This is a lovely name or either boy or girl. It brings to mind a person who is happy-go-lucky; who can smile and make a bleak room bright and inviting. I wish this was my name. But hey, who says I can't name my kid this in the future?

Actually, there are no feminine or masculine endings in Japanese names (except perhaps "ko", but that's tied into its meaning). The gender of a name depends on the meaning. For example, Aimi is a feminine name because it is a combination of the elements "love" and "beauty", and Katsu is a masculine name because it means "victory".

-- Anonymous User 2/25/2010

The bassist's for the band GazettE's real name is Akira. He's awesome! (This name's beautiful too.)